Okay? I guess I just assumed that you understood that when people throw out a figure like “99.9%” they’re being obviously hyperbolic for the purpose of driving a point home. It’s just another way of saying “vast majority.” So don’t get too hung up on that number. But beyond that, I just don’t understand why losing…

lol the fuck? No, I’m asking you how often that happens. How often do people get their Switch stolen? How often does your Switch break? What percentage of people do you think lose their Switch save data, for any reason whatsoever?

Bingo. That’s exactly what I’m getting at. How often is the average person complaining online about the potential loss of old save files actually going back and playing their old save files? I very much doubt that any more than a small handful of gamers actually do that. I mean honestly, why would you? I admit that I…

Yeah, that’s basically all I’m saying. People are treating this problem like it’s extremely common, which it’s not, and like they’re afraid it will cause their Switches and the games themselves to spontaneously combust and be lost forever. There’s just a lot more drama attached to the issue than I think is actually…

Clearly there’s no real backlash outside of articles like this one. People are still buying Switches in droves, public and media reaction to the system is still very positive, and I have no doubt that very Switch owners will lose their precious save files and be forced to play their games (which they purchased for the…

And how frequently does that happen? Personal anecdotes don’t count.

Oh, well there you go, your one story of one console’s failure refutes my claim completely.

Just google “video game console failure rates.” You’ll see that failure rates of Nintendo’s systems are always among the lowest, usually falling between 2% and 5%. For computers in general, catastrophic failures, like that of a hard drive, is commonly cited as being less than 2%. Even if you double, hell even…

One, there’s a massive difference between losing critical files on a computer and losing your save data for a video game. Oh no, you mean I might have to play this game all over again?!?! The agony! I didn’t buy the game to play it, I bought it so I could accumulate save data/requisite completion percentage and then…

I see so many people bitching and moaning about this, but the overwhelming majority of those people never have and never will lose their data. It’s such a rare and improbable occurrence. It’s a non-issue for like 99.9% of all gamers, so the paranoia in the reporting and commentary on the topic is just extremely…

Notice how I didn’t use the word “impossible”? Saying something is impractical is not the same as saying it literally never happens/never will happen. So no, it is patently NOT practical for a modern society to begin, out of nowhere, to oppress half of its population. To be more specific, it is without question…

There is a massive difference between that and Vancouver. You know that, right? The Asians living in Vancouver in the year 2018 are not even remotely close to being in the same position as black Americans in the post Civil-War South.

Hate to break it to you, but open-mindedness isn’t really a thing on the former gawkers. Everything leans in one direction, and if you go against the official narrative even in the slightest, the response will always be hostility.

Oh, well if your (allegedly real) coworker tells you he’s harassed every day just for being Asian then it MUST be true! In Vancouver. A city where half the population is of Asian descent, most of whom are fully integrated into the mix of society. A society that is only 39% white, by comparison. All facts that are…

“Err... this is exactly what happens to most non whites in the US everyday, in fact, generally worse things happen.” 

Truly amazing. I kind of want to buy some Labo now.

Jesus Christ, dude. Get a grip. I know this site leans hard-left. I accept that there’s a bias. And I hate CNN, too. But to see ideological possession run so deep that it turns you into a fomenting lunatic because someone on your own side took a slight diversion from the scripted speech of The Party, it makes you look…

Man, this site was so much better before it got gawkerized. The pandering tone in the articles here has become nauseating.

If your friend is actually having the sensation of “stabing” pain as a reaction to something as benign as hearing their previous name, the correct response for that person shouldn’t be humoring them to help them maintain that psychosis, but rather they should be encouraged to seek out a qualified psychotherapist who…

Funny, because the other half of the public think Jenner is a treasure trove of big easily highlighted things to like and parade around triumphantly as a means of signaling to other liberals that you’re cool with trans people, and that it’ll be a cold day in hell before either form of Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner can be held…